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desert apricot

desert apricot noun: a tree/shrub, Prunus fremontii, and its fruit. It grows in very hot places in California and Mexico.

desert apricot: a tree/shrub, Prunus fremontii, and its fruit. It grows in very hot places in California and Mexico
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Noun

desert apricot (plural desert apricots)

  1. A tree/shrub, Prunus fremontii, and its fruit. It grows in very hot places in California and Mexico.

Forms of desert apricot

pluraldesert apricots

Origin of desert apricot

It grows in deserts. Like the apricot, it is in the genus Prunus. Scientific name, after John C. Frémont. See John C. Frémont botanical nomenclature eponyms.

Questions about desert apricot

What does desert apricot mean?
Desert apricot means a tree/shrub, Prunus fremontii, and its fruit. It grows in very hot places in California and Mexico.
What part of speech is desert apricot?
Desert apricot is a noun.
What is the plural of desert apricot?
The plural of desert apricot is desert apricots.

Words near desert apricot in the dictionary

  1. deserializing
  2. Deseronto
  3. deserosalization
  4. deserpidine
  5. desert
  6. desert apricot
  7. desert apricots
  8. desert bean
  9. desert beans
  10. desert bloom
  11. desert blooms

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